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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
3
The Norwegian sailing ship Marosa was sunk by a German submarine about 1200 miles east of New York on July 7, with the crew landed at Nova Scotia. The next day the steamship Manx King was halted by a submersible. after the crew abandoned ship the Germans bombed it, though the sinking was not witnessed.
London report 35 American crew members of the Eaton are missing after a storm at sea and the vessel is presumed lost while efforts to reach port continue.
The Great Lakes steamer George L Eaton arrived in London after foundering in a storm at sea. The crew escaped in lifeboats and were rescued later by a warship before reaching port in London.
The American steamship Pequot formerly the German Ockenfels of 6621 tons went ashore in dense fog at Prospect near Halifax earlier this month. It has since been floated and docked without incident.
New York July 17 Chancellor Elmer E Brown of New York University says the government plans a student recruiting drive for colleges and universities as the war presses on. He released the statement after a Washington conference with federal officials.
Chancellor Brown cites President Wilson on not interrupting educational processes in war times. He warns of falling engineering student numbers and stresses need for engineers for army, navy, and postwar reconstruction. He urges parents to keep sons in schools and students to pursue college or technical training this year.
Information from Zionist headquarters reports a Petrograd meeting where 40 million rubles about 20 million dollars will fund the Jewish homeland's economic recovery. Plans include a 12.5 million dollar industrial bank, an immigration society with 5 million dollars, and a steamship line between Odessa and a Palestine port.
In Dallas on July 17 a mob of several hundred farmers tried to batter the county jail to seize Will Jones a Negro who murdered Mrs J B Wolford of Rose Hill. Deputy sheriffs using shotguns repelled the crowd and Jones confessed. Health Officer Sam Mimms was stabbed and ten or more arrested in the incident.
The June report by the Federal Trade Commission shows slight declines in news print stocks. Publishers held 161,282 tons and jobbers 9,444 tons at month end, with standard print output for the first half of 1918 down 50,602 tons from the prior year.
Full bench rules Miss O'Neil must accept 3500 dollars instead of 5000 after a fall into a hole dug by National Oil Company workers on August 2 1915 at Norwood estate. Converse had previously settled for 1500 dollars. court rules that paid amount should be credited in damages.
The Portland advisory committee fixed coal price at $12 a ton for Portland and vicinity with a 4 percent discount for payments within 10 days. The rate took effect immediately.
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